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Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) News and Announcements Thread - 2012 Edition

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Vert boil

Vert boil

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It’s All About Speed Sale

Forza 4
--American Muscle Car Pack - 320msp (was 560)
--November Speed Pack - 400msp (was 560)
--December IGN Pack - 320msp (was 560)
--January Jalopnik Pack - 400msp (was 560)
Daytona USA - 400msp (was 800)
Joe Danger: Special Edition - 600msp (was 1200)
Sega Rally Online Arcade - 400msp (was 800)

GoD DOTW

US
Alan Wake - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Crackdown 2 - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Fable 3 - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Gears of War 1 - 14.99$ or 1200msp (was 1600)
Halo: Reach - 26.66$ or 2133msp (was 3200)
Halo Wars - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Mass Effect 1 - 14.99$ or 1200msp (was 1600)

UK
Alan Wake - 16.49£ or 1973msp
Fable 3 - 13.33£ or 1600msp
Halo: Reach - 16.66£ or 1973msp
Halo Wars - 13.33£ or 1600msp
Mass Effect 1 - 11.24£ or 1200msp
 
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j0hnny_385

Member
Keyser Soze said:
There is a Games on Demand sale starting tomorrow - Major Nelson announced it last week. Some games will have "Up to 30% off."

There is no official list of games yet, I am just hoping for ToV - as it is too expensive to buy the disc (even used), and I would love a small price drop on the download version
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any update on this? majornelson.com isn't updated (not surprising since it's too early in Seattle now).

If anyone knows of these GoD deals, let us know.
 
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Keyser Soze

Member
So, currently:

Fable III
2400 => 1600

Alan Wake
2400 => 1600

Crackdown 2
2400 => 1600

Halo Wars
2400 => 1600

Halo: Reach
3200 => 2133

Gears of War
1600 => 1200

Mass Effect
1600 => 1200​


Definitely, exclusive / first party / MS published stuff. :/
 
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Hank The Tank

Neo Member
Rlan said:
I need some help this week for the XBLA Analysis stuff.

1. I need Leaderboard data for Shoot Many Robots and Rayman 3 HD. I can do it, but it requires me to press down on a D-Pad 10,000 times, so I'm not gonna. If someone with the game could play the game for a level on a second account on their Xbox 360, and tell me their position on the Leaderboards, I would be very grateful :)

2. For those who have Sine Mora, are the Leaderboards for story based on your total playthrough, or just in general to whatever point you're currently at? If it is to where your at, I need the data similar to the games in #1 :)
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I could take a look at the leaderboards for shoot many robots if its still needed.
 
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Diablohead

Member
canIhasAnAccount said:
It’s All About Speed Sale

Forza 4
--American Muscle Car Pack - 320msp (was 560)
--November Speed Pack - 400msp (was 560)
--December IGN Pack - 320msp (was 560)
--January Jalopnik Pack - 400msp (was 560)
Daytona USA - 400msp (was 800)
Joe Danger: Special Edition - 600msp (was 1200)
Sega Rally Online Arcade - 400msp (was 800)

GoD DOTW

US
Alan Wake - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Crackdown 2 - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Fable 3 - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Gears of War 1 - 14.99$ or 1200msp (was 1600)
Halo: Reach - 26.66$ or 2133msp (was 3200)
Halo Wars - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Mass Effect 1 - 14.99$ or 1200msp (was 1600)

UK
Alan Wake - 16.49£ or 1973msp
Fable 3 - 13.33£ or 1600msp
Halo: Reach - 16.66£ or 1973msp
Halo Wars - 13.33£ or 1600msp
Mass Effect 1 - 11.24£ or 1200msp
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I was about to buy daytona the other day, good thing I was delayed.
 
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Fortinbras

Member
With Trials Evolution and probably Fez out of the way...what do guys think the Summer of Arcade line up is going to be?

Joe Danger: The Movie and Deadlight seem to be a safe bet at this point.
 
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mrklaw

MrArseFace
when does the store update for the UK? Wondering whether to get Wrecked on PS3/360 (just recently rebought a 360), and if XBLA updates earlier that might be the decider for me.
 
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Feindflug

Member
Joe Danger already in a deal of the week? wow...wondering how well it did "sales" wise with the 1200 price.

Anyway tomorrow I'm getting a 4200 points card and I'm getting Sine Mora, Daytona & Joe Danger for sure. :)
 
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erpg

GAF parliamentarian
Games on Demand once again shows that its only use was reducing the resell value of Vesperia and being a cheap platform for the Crysis 1 port.
 
Baron

Baron

Member
Fortinbras said:
GoD sales are terrible compared to PlayStation Store sales.
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Is this true? Where do you get your info?

And nice to see even a small discount on Mass Effect. I am replaying it right now and was hoping for a sale on the GoD version - discs are just so 1995.
 
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erpg

GAF parliamentarian
Does PSN even have an online presence? I'm pretty sure Call of Duty titles for 25-40% off a couple weeks or months ago. And PSN+ has full game 'rentals' ever few months. We downloaded Shift 2, Far Cry 2 and probably 50 others free.

It's more her system, but I do think they generally have better sales (on a smaller selection).
 
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Fortinbras

Member
Baron said:
Is this true? Where do you get your info?

And nice to see even a small discount on Mass Effect. I am replaying it right now and was hoping for a sale on the GoD version - discs are just so 1995.
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I own both consoles and I buy in dlc on both.

Right now I can buy the Team Ico Collection for 20 € on PSN, The Sly HD Trilogy for 13 €, Deus Ex 3 for 24 € (40 € on XBL), Tomb Raider Underworld for 11 €, Split/Second for 13 €, Just Cause 2 for 14 € and so on.

And that's without any PS+ discount.

Even without a sale some games are cheapter than on XBL. Trine 2 is 7,99 € on PSN, on XBL it's 1200 points, which equals 15,00 € where I live.

I noticed these differences several times now.
 
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surly

Banned
Fortinbras said:
Even without a sale some games are cheapter than on XBL. Trine 2 is 7,99 € on PSN, on XBL it's 1200 points, which equals 15,00 € where I live.

I noticed these differences several times now.
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It's the other way around in the UK. It usually works out like this: -

400 MSP (£3.40) = £3.99 on PSN
800 MSP (£6.80) = £7.99 on PSN (the most common price point for games on Live)
1,200 MSP (£10.20) = £9.99 or £11.99 on PSN

Trine 2 is an exception though, because the game was delayed for nearly 3 months on PSN Europe. When games appear much later on PSN like that, they are often cheaper than they were on Live, but that's not true when games appear during the same week.
 
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GarthVaderUK

Banned
surly said:
It's the other way around in the UK. It usually works out like this: -

400 MSP (£3.40) = £3.99 on PSN
800 MSP (£6.80) = £7.99 on PSN (the most common price point for games on Live)
1,200 MSP (£10.20) = £9.99 or £11.99 on PSN

Trine 2 is an exception though, because the game was delayed for nearly 3 months on PSN Europe. When games appear much later on PSN like that, they are often cheaper than they were on Live, but that's not true when games appear during the same week.
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Yup, I've noticed this too. Looks like it's true for Wrecked Revenge Revisited this week for instance (1,200 MSP / £11.99).
 
Vert boil

Vert boil

Member
canIhasAnAccount said:
It’s All About Speed Sale

Forza 4
--American Muscle Car Pack - 320msp (was 560)
--November Speed Pack - 400msp (was 560)
--December IGN Pack - 320msp (was 560)
--January Jalopnik Pack - 400msp (was 560)
Daytona USA - 400msp (was 800)
Joe Danger: Special Edition - 600msp (was 1200)
Sega Rally Online Arcade - 400msp (was 800)

GoD DOTW

US
Alan Wake - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Crackdown 2 - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Fable 3 - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Gears of War 1 - 14.99$ or 1200msp (was 1600)
Halo: Reach - 26.66$ or 2133msp (was 3200)
Halo Wars - 19.99$ or 1600msp (was 2400)
Mass Effect 1 - 14.99$ or 1200msp (was 1600)

UK
Alan Wake - 16.49£ or 1973msp
Fable 3 - 13.33£ or 1600msp
Halo: Reach - 16.66£ or 1973msp
Halo Wars - 13.33£ or 1600msp
Mass Effect 1 - 11.24£ or 1200msp
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Few late additions to the GoD sale.

US
Fable 2 - 14.99$ or 1200msp (was 1600)
Gears of War 2 - 14.99$ or 1200msp (was 1600)
 
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surly

Banned
GarthVaderUK said:
Yup, I've noticed this too. Looks like it's true for Wrecked Revenge Revisited this week for instance (1,200 MSP / £11.99).
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Yeah, this is why I can't understand the Microsoft Points hate! If they were scrapped, that game would almost certainly be £11.99 on Live as well. People moan about spending £30 a year on a Gold sub, but if I bought all of the downloadable games and DLC I buy on Live on PSN instead, the difference would be considerably more than £30.
 
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toythatkills

Member
Picked up Joe Danger in the sale. As a high-score-chasing leaderboard game, it's utterly horrible, and I hate the thing.

As a 2D platformer, it's really good. Ignoring the scoring mechanic entirely and just going for objectives, it's a lot of fun, especially trying to get the medals where you have to do all the objectives in a single run. Even getting the first one of those was tough, I imagine it's going to be hell at the end but good hell! Seems to be enough content here to justify the purchase solely as a platformer, too, so it doesn't bother me that the scoring aspect is so shit. Glad I didn't pay 1,200 for it, but it's absolutely worth half that.
 
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SickBoy

Member
I'd always been planning to get it on PSN, but the sale means it'll go on my Xbox. No big deal, just a matter of convenience... (son may play it, and I prefer him on the PS3)
 
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Daigoro

Member
toythatkills said:
Oh man, who would buy something for 1973 or 2133 Microsoft Points? That'd kill me. You'd never be able to round it off again.
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yeah, that would be horrible. its annoying enough to have 20 or 40 pts laying around. and odd number of points would suck ass.

Lyphen said:
Games on Demand once again shows that its only use was reducing the resell value of Vesperia and being a cheap platform for the Crysis 1 port.
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Crysis and Deathsmiles 2. the only good thing about GoD.
 
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UraMallas

Member
Daigoro said:
yeah, that would be horrible. its annoying enough to have 20 or 40 pts laying around. and odd number of points would suck ass.



Crysis and Deathsmiles 2. the only good thing about GoD.
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I have odd points from buying things from the Zune Marketplace. Also, the best thing about GoD is Rock Band 3 for $20.
 
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Daigoro

Member
UraMallas said:
Also, the best thing about GoD is Rock Band 3 for $20.
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actually, yeah. RB3 without a disc sounds awesome. ive been meaning to buy that myself. i wonder how much Beatles RB is on GoD come to think of it...

im a bit more impressed with games that never got a disc release selling at a reasonable price on GoD though. that and the fact that ive played like 2000 hrs of RB and im slightly burnt out at this point.
 
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akilshohen

Member
UraMallas said:
I have odd points from buying things from the Zune Marketplace. Also, the best thing about GoD is Rock Band 3 for $20.
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It's a few good deals on there. It's mostly the timing of the releases. There are a few niche releases on there for $20 I'd get if I didn't have a backlog.
 
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